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Threctorate of Air Staff(Secretariat)3a
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,
Room 6/73,
Metropole Building,
Northum berland A venue,
London,
WC2N3BP.
26 March 2004.
Thank you for your letter ofl5 March, many 1hanks fi.1r pointing out the error on my
part, yes you were right I had made a mistake, I should have been requesting the listing of sightings to your
department for the year of2003.
Also 1he report from the Dover area of Kent should of course have been July 2003, and would be most
interested in receiving a copy of that report if possible?
Please accept my sincere apologies for not realizing this error, and that hopefully I have not been wasting
your time. I also thank you for the reports that you have sent me so far for this current year (2004).
I was interested to see that you had a report from Lowestoft in Sutli>lk for the 1 March 2004, and wonder if
it would be possible if I could also have a copy of that report? V
Many thanks for your cooperation wi1h regard to this matter.

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From:
Directorate of Air Staff (Secretariat)3
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room 6/73, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N SBP
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
(Fax)
(GTN)
020 7218 2140
Your Reference
Our Reference
D/DAS/64/3/3
Date
24 November 2003
Dear
I am writing with regard to your enquiry about whether, since September 2001 , Police Forces
have been instructed to send out patrol vehicles to investigate sightings of unidentified craft
reported to them by members of the public and, if so, whether these procedures were instigated by
the MOD or the Home Office. I apologise for the length of time it has taken to send you a
substantive reply.
I can confirm that the Ministry ofDefence has not issued any specific instructions to the Police
regarding UFO sightings reported to them. From time to time, Police Stations forward to us, UFO
reports that they have received, but these procedures have not changed in recent years. The
Association of Chief Police Officers are responsible for developing Police policies on behalf of
the Service as a whole and if you wished to pursue your enquiries concerning internal Police
procedures you may wish to contact them at the following address.
The Association ofChiefPolice Officers
25 Victoria Street
London
SWIHOEX
Telephone: 020 7227 3434
Fax: 020 7227 3400
e-mail: info@acpo.police.uk
I hope this is helpful.
Yours sincerely,

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From:
Directorate of Air Staff (Lower Airspace)
Operations & Policy 1a
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room 6/73, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N 5BP
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
020 7218 2140
020 7218 9000
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Your Reference
Our Reference ~
D/DAS/64/3/3 ...Date
October 2003
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Thank you for your letter dated 8 September. Please find enclosed, copies of the reports that you
requested, with the informant' s personal details deleted in order to protect their confidentiality.
The sightings were all made by members of the public and the details of the channels through
which they were notified to us are shown on the reports. I hope this is helpful.

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RE: U.F.O.'s Lots above Folkestone Harbour on morning of28tb January 01
Please tell me what these UFO Air Jets were doing Zooming about at bight not
known, under cloud base. They appeared to crash i.e. touch in contact and make
zooming noises across the skyline. They were watched by others and me for a short
while i.e. 1.37 hours.
Tell me were these Air Jets Alien ships visiting us, or were they a projection a visual
audio view beamed from a land base sight or was it MIR (mirror erect) or Apollo
teleporting a visual coil vile.
On to next UFO sighting
Before the above I did walk into Folkestone town centre at about 9.34am I did
witness a silver voile spin top bobbing at height 300 foot it appeared to be yo-yoing in
sky about size of a football. I did witness this object for a good ten minutes at this
point I went to local cafe for breakfast. After breakfast I came out of cafe and the
object had gone. Was this object a photomb torpedo core plug?
I await your replay
On this day I did go to hospital as a patient admitted for own safety. Two months
later on evening of 4th Apri1200llater, I did witness 3 more Fobs they bobbed about
above Ashford Tesco food store Area. They were low in sky about 200 feet up they
took on the appearance of three silver tinsel stars. I believe these UFO to be the three
wise men in spirit form checking that I was safe in my bed after my rebirth.
Please write back because I believe the above to an interest to all.
Please note I have always been interested in UFO's and I am keen to find out the trut
about these sightings.
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Directorate of Air staff (Lower Airspace)
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room6173,
Metropole Building,
Northumberland Avenue,
London
WC2N5BP
Monday, 08 September 2003
Dear
Thank you for your letter dated 4 September. With regard to the listing that
you sent me of reported sighting& for the years 2001 and 2002, would it be
possible for you to forward me copies of the following reports?
28/01/01 Folkestone, Kent
04/04/01 F oJkestone, Kent
04/07/01 07:00 Kent ·
25/0'7/0114:10 Folkestone, Kent
07/09/01 19:45 Broadstairs, Kent
Can you please tell me which of those above listed are reports from the
general public via the Police? And which are via CAA facilities such as
local airports, etc?
Thanking you in advance for your time and attention regarding this matter,
and I shall look forward to hearing from you regarding my question set out
to you in my letter of 25 July re police forces being tasked with sending
out patrols to investigate reports.

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From:
Directorate of Air Staff (Lower Airspace)
Operations & Policy 1 a
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Room 6/73, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N SBP
Telephone
E-Mail
(Direct dial)
020 7218 2140
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20 7218 9
(Switchboard)
(Fax)
das-laopspol1 a@defeneec
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Your Reference
Our Referen~ ~
DIDAS/64/3J!r
Date
+September 2003
Thank you for your letter dated 25 July; I am very sorry for the delay in responding. As requested,
please find attached a list of all 'UFO' sightings that were reported to the Ministry of Defence
during 2001 &2002.
You also asked whether all police forces in the UK are now tasked with sending out a patrol to
investigate sightings of unidentified craft reported to them by members of the public. We are
currently awaiting information from another Department concerning this and promise to get back
to you as soon as we can.
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DAS-LA OpsPol1
From:
DAS-LA OpsPol1
Sent:
31 July 200312:41
To:
'lnfo@acpo.police.uk'
Subject:
Instructions to Police Forces
Signed By:
das-laopspol1 @defence.mod.uk
Security Label: Signed
This Department is the focal point within the Ministry of Defence for correspondence with the public
concerning unidentified flying objects and I would be grateful for any advice you may be able to provide on the
following.
One of our correspondents has asked us to confirm whether all Police Forces in the UK are now tasked with
sending out a patrol to investigate sightings of unidentified craft reported to them by members of the public.
He said he believed that Devon and Cornwall Police do this and that they have to report the sightings to a
central telephone number. He says this procedure has been in force since September 2001 and asks if these
orders originated in the MOD or the Home Office.
I have contacted Devon and Cornwall Police who say they have not had any specific directive, but of course,
they would pursue anything reported to them that they thought needed further investigation. Because of the
possible link to 11th September 2001 I have also spoken to the Anti-terrorist Unit at New Scotland Yard who
also know of no such order.
Before I write to this individual, I would be grateful if you could confirm whether you are aware of any
instructions similar to this sent out to Police Forces.
MOD
Directorate of Air Staff (Lower Airspace) Operations & Policy 1
Room 6/73
Metropole Building
Northumberland Avenue
London
WC2N 5BP
Tel:----
e-m~defence.mod.uk
31/07/2003

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Secretariat (air Stafl)2a,
Room 8245,
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,
Main Building ,
Whitehall,
London,
SW1A2HB.
25 July, 2003.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you to request if it would be possible for you to forward me a listing ofl
all reports of UFO sightings, that were reported to your Department during the years 2002?
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Could you a1so confirm to me whether all Police Forces in the UK are now tasked with sending out a patrol
to investigate sightings of unidentified craft reported to them by m ern bers of1he public?
I know that Devon and Comwall Police do, and 1hat they have to report the sightings to a central telephone
number. We have been told that this procedure has been in force since September 2001. lf1hese facts are
true, can you tellmeif1hey are orders that have originated from the Minis1Iy of Defence, or the Home
Office?
Many thanks for your cooperation with regard to this matter.
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From:
Directorate of Air Staff (Lower Airspace)
Operations & Policy 1a
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
' Room 6n3, Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London,
WC2N 5BP
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
020 7218 2140
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20 7218
E-Mail
das-laopspol1 a@defenee;
(Fax)
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Your Reference
Our Referencte
D/DAS/64/3t3
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Date
f August 2002
I am writing concerning the message you left on the DAS (Ops & Pol) 1 answerphone on
30 July. You enquired whether we had received any sighting reports of 'unidentified flying
objects' from Tunbridge in Kent for 13 June. I have looked back through our files and can confirm
that we received no reports of 'UFO' sightings for that date from anywhere in the United
Kingdom.

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RECORD OF :MESSAGE LEFT ON DAS (LA- OPS & POL 1) ANSWERPHONE
ON TUESDAY 30 JULY 2002@ 14:30
Caller
Message
~anted to know if we had received any reports for Thursday 13 June 2002
from Tunbridge in Kent. He had received a report of a 'UFO' with a colour photo
showing a disc shap~h a tower on top of it, on which appeared to be some
kind of arial device. ~plained that there had twice been sightings of a
similar object one in Amenca and one from a French pilot, which had also been
photographs. He added that the photos were verified as genuine by USAF staff and
by the 'Condon committee' in the US .

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'Official Organization' For FAA UFO Reports
I received your email of 30 June (21 :47). While the tone of this piece denies it any consideration
of a reply, you will not be surprised to know that we do not share your view on the 'conspiracy
theory' that is so clearly implied. Moreover, the safety of all aviation activity in the UK is at the
heart of our role within the CAA and there are well understood procedures in place that gather
evidence of incidents and events that impact on safety. These occurrences are subsequently
analysed to establish appropriate safety management actions, to the extent that the data allows.
Unusual airborne sightings would be embraced by these procedures.
Turning to your second email of 1 July 2001. You make mention of an airborne event that occurred in the Newcastle area on 7 July 2000. I can tell you that there was no report filed within our
UK Mandatory Occurrence Reporting Scheme (MOR) that would correlate with that claim. This
MOR scheme requires members of the aviation community to report a wide range of incidents or
events that may have implications for the safety of air operations. Thus pilots do know thatthey
have a duty to report flight safety occurrences - as do engineers, air traffic controllers; airport op- -- - - ----- -- -- erators and manufacturers. Indeed, it is CAA policy to encourage voluntary reporting across the
whole spectrum of the industry.
You will understand that without reports which provide sufficient data for subsequent identification
and tracing action there will be instances where the review of some occurrences will be inconclusive. Nevertheless, when instances of unusual sightings are reported under the CAA procedures
they are also passed to the Ministry of Defence for security review. With effect from 31 July 2001
the temporary address of the appropriate MOD department is as listed below.
I hope that this note explains the CAA position in respect of unexplained airborne events and that
it clearly demonstrates the open reporting and investigation that is a principal tenet under which
the aviation industry conducts its business and promotes safety.
Group
Ministry of Defence
Metropole Building
No_thumberland Avenue
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LONDON
WC2N5BP

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UpDate: NIDS 'Official Organization' For FAA UFO Reports
Dear Sir,
Why can we not have this kind of cooperation in this Country. If it's OK
for the United States, then why not here in the UK?
Why deny it?
We have in our possesion video footage from July 7, 2000 of a Civilian
passenger plane flying over Walstanton, Newcastle, involved in possible
near-miss with white coloured sphere shaped object which passes in front of
ale starboard wing.
Can we have cooperation for the sake of safety.
The Ministry of Defence say it's of no Defence significance, but where ale
are oncerned it is a safety issue. Let pilots talk, and lets see guidlines
issued so that pilots know what to do in such eventualities. Not all UFO
related near misses are UFO's. Some are milit~ry -~sweiL ____ _ _____ _
--Original MessageFrom: "UFO UpDates- Toronto" <ufoupdates@home.com>
To: <02- UFO UpDates Subscribers:;>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 12:11 AM
Subject: UFO UpDate: NIDS 'Official Organization' For FAA UFO Reports
> Date: 23 Jun 2001 15:48:04 -0000
>To: U ·
>From
> SUI)je'c:t:-~JIE>:s-'{,ficili:i
UFO Reports
>
>
> National Institute for Discovery Science Becomes Only Official
> Organization to Receive UFO Reports from the Federal Aviation
>Administration (FAA)
>
> NIDS is pleased to announce that the newly printed Federation
>Aviation Administration (FAA)manuals indicate-the-National---------> Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) as the sole contact point
>in the United States to which the FAA reports UFOs.
>
>The following four FAA Manuals contain the changes:
> FAA Order 7110.65, Air Traffic Control
>FAA Order 7210.3, Facility Operation and Administration
> Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)
>Aeronautical Information Publication (AlP)
>
> The FAA wording of the order mandating the changes is as
>follows:
>
> "In calendar year 1999, representatives from the National
>Institute for Discovery Sciences (NIDS) contacted the FAA
> Administrator to offer their research institution as the single
>point of contact recognized by the FAA in regard to UFO
>Information. On April14, 2000, after being referred by the FAA
>Administrator, NIDS representatives met with ATP-200 to finalize
.. .....

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DATE: Saturday, 30 June, 2001.
UFOs and aircraft near misses:- No Defence significance(?),
finately a
safety issue!
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This week I recieved a telephone call from a witness who observed 60 to 80
bright lighted
objects crossing the sky slowly in a North easterly direction, on Tuesday,
19 June (2001), at approximately 18:00 hours (BSTJ. - - --~---------- ---~------'-- --------------Some of the objects were flying in clusters, others were in groups of three
or five, and some were even on there own. One looked like it was pulsating
red in colour, as if it was getting bigger then shrinking in size.
Another of the objects seemed to suddenly go up verticaly, whilst another
appeared to take on the shape of a jellyfish (this kind of object has been
seen on more than one occassion here in Kent, UK).
And where did this event occur? Right over the city of London! Amongst
aircarft coming in and taking off from Heathrow airport etc...
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For god sake how many more times is this going to happen before someone gets OFF their bloody backsides and do something!
More and more we are hearing of civilian passenger planes having near
misses with UFOs not just in this country but worldwide.
lkno~ of at least two incidents here in the County·ofKent-··The mostweu---known one occured on 21 April, 1991, when Alitalia Flight AZ 284 was flying from Milan to London Heathrow. At approximately 20:00 hrs, whilst
over the Lydd Army Ranges1 they had a near miss with what they described
as a brown colured missile looking object. London ATC even monitored
the object on radar.
Within days our local MP (former Home Secretary), Michael Howard, the
C.A.A. and the Ministry of Defence all stated that the object was a UFO!
Now there's a first.
The MOD stating a UFO was in UK airspace.
Bull shit! It was not a UFO as they would like to have us believe, but possibly a Target drone or UA V. People here in Kent now it, and we believe we
know who was responsible. How ever as we do not have concrete proof
we can't name them due to the fact we could get sued.

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The other incident occured on 16 September, 1996, w h e n (former coordinator of UFOMEK), sighted and videod a w~
object over Wingham, Kent.
The object was at the same height as passenger jets flying over, and was
even filmed going through an aircraft vapour trail.
Vapour trails are normally formed at a height of at least 22,500 feet. One
part of the sighting he didn't manage to capture on video was when the
mystery object flew straight in front on a passenger plane, causing the
crew to take avioding action.
Also I recieved another telephone call this wek from a witness who was
videoing aircarft where he lives at Stoke on Trent. When suddenly a white
object comes into view, and ascends upto the height of one of the aircraft,
and seems to just miss the aircraft. This incident occured back in July,
2000, and the reason he has only just approached anyone regarding the
footage, is because he didn't know who to report it to, and who he could
trust with the footage.
I hope to be viewing this footage shortly, and if it does indeed show a UFO
in a near miss with an aircarft, then this could be an important piece of
footage.
So what is the official line on all this? Well when objects were sighted
and filmed over London last year, and reported to the C.A.A. they responded with a deafening quiteness!
And if you report any sightings to the Ministry of Defence, they respond
with "NO DEFENCE SIGNIFICANCE!" Well maybe not, but it is I maintain a
BLOODY SAFETY ISSUE!
So when are the authorities going to get off their backsides and look into it,
and stop pissing around in the wind. For Christ sakes lives could be at risk
here!
Even if the latest sighting over London on the 19 June, was balloons, they
were flying near aircraft, and could have caused an accident.
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According to a recent report the C.A.A. state that there at least 30 reports
that they know of involving aircraft and UFO sightings. But how many of
them were near misses. Even one is to many in my book.
So I urge ·everyone reading this, to contact you local MP, and demand answers. I believe that if enough of us put pressure on our MPs, bombard the
MOD with telephone calls and letters, as well as newspapers, etc. Just
perhaps someone may start listening.
If you feel the same way I do, please do let me know. Maybe you don't
agree with my comments, again let me know. And if any pilots or any other
aircrew should be reading this who know of any incidents, don't you think
it's time you spoke out, for the safety of your passengers. Please contact
me if you wish.

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From:
Directorate of Air Staff 4a, Room 8245
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Main Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Fax)
Your Reference
Our Reference ~
D/DAS/64/3/3 •
Date
1~June
2001
Thank you for your letter dated 18 May 2001.
Firstly, please find attached copies of the reports you requested, with the informants' details deleted
to protect their confidentiality. With regard to the report from the Preston area on 14 January
2001, the original was not received by this office; I have however, obtained a copy from
Skelmersdale police which I also attach for your information.
You mentioned in your letter an incident thought to have occurred on the Isle of Man on 14
January at 16:30 hours, involving an object which looked something like a hang glider or rrucrolight aircraft. After making further enquiries, I can confirm that a Search and Rescue helicopter
from RAF Valley received a call out at 13 :30 on 14 January to search for a crashed micro-light on
the Isle of Man. A comprehensive search of the area was conducted, but nothing was found and
the helicopter returned to RAF Valley.
FinaUy, you asked if such incidents are reported to the CAA or any such organisation and who
would,, authorise the launch of a Search and Rescue helicopter. All inland aeronautical crashes
involving civil aircraft are investigated by the Air Accident Investigation Branch of the Department
of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (formerly the Department of the Environment,
Transport and Regions). Search and Rescue helicopters are launched following a call from the
police and the MOD is informed as a matter of routine.
I hope this is helpful.

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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,
Main Building ,
Whitehall,
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18 May, 2001.
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Thank you for your reply of 16 May, in response to my letterl;o you dated 25 April.
I am now writing to ask if it would be possible for you to please forward to me c()pi~. l)fthe following
reports that are on the list that you- me?
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They are as follows: 28/05/00 at Sittingbourne, Kent.
29/05/00 at Gravesend, Kent.
06/os loo at Rainham, Kent
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27/09/00 at Ramsgate, Kent
01/11/00 at Dartford, Kent.
24111/00 at Rochester, Kent.
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I would pass on details of sightings that we here at UFOMEK had investigated, that your Department were
unaware ot: for your files.
With regard to my question in my previous letter concerning Sunday, January 14th, 2001. You say that your
department have no reports from that day. We have been informed of a si tin that occurred on that day,
in the Preston area of Lancashire at around 20:05 hours. The witnesses a
and his
mother, reported the incident to the police at Skelmersdale, Lancashire.
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num er was logged as
424SQ, and that were informed by the police that their report would be forwarded onto the Ministry of
Defence.· A day or two later
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@ptacted the police at Skelmersdale to see if any information had
become available, and they t6fd ffiiii1h.at
report had definitely been forwarded to the MOD, and had been
tagged onto the report from the Isle of Man of earlier that day.
me
Can you pf&.se re-check your files, or make enquiries with any other department regarding this?
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With regard to the Isle of Man incident. This occurred at around 16:30 hours. Witnesses observed what
they thought was an object which looked something like the shape of a hang glider/micro-light aircraft, hit
the radio communications mast on top of Mount Snaefell, IOM. Whatever this object was it had damaged
the radio aerials belonging to the emergency services on the island, and witnesses reported seeing debris and
thick black smoke falling down to the ground. The smoke was described as being thick and black, enough
to set of smoke alarms in a nearby building. The Police, Civil Defence, Coastguard and Mountain Rescue
initiated a search or the area for a possible downed aircraft.
Nothing was apparently found. An RAF Air Sea Res<;~~ ,~e~(:()pterfi:om ~ Ylli!~Y was also called into
help in the search.
Firstly, would such an incident be required to be reported to the Civil Aviation Authority, or any other such
organisation of authority?
Secondly, who would authorise the launch of an Air Sea Rescue helicopter from RAF Valley, in Wales, and
would it be reported to the MOD, as it involved a military helicopter launch?
We believe we know what it was that collided with the radio communications mast on Snaefell Mountain,
and we certainly do not believe it was a UFO as reported in the normal sense.
We have also been informed that all the airports, along the Irish, and British western mainland were put on
al~ with regard to this incident. If your department, can not help with regard to this incident, can you
please tell me which department I should contact, who may have information regarding the Isle of Man
incident?
Many thanks for your cooperation with regard to this matter.

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From:
Directorate of Air Staff 4a, Room 8245
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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Main Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Fax)
Your Reference
8Yb~§)~:f;~7j vDate
1t;May2001
Thank you for your letter dated 25 April 201. As requested, please find attached a list of
all sighting reports of .. unidentified flying objects .. reported to the Ministry of Defence during the
year 2000. I should however emphasise that these figures relate to reported sightings of
unidentifiable aerial activity; the vast majority of which will have mundane explanations such as
aircraft lights, weather balloons etc ...
With regard to your second question, I can confirm that we have not received any sighting
reports for 14 January 2001 from the Isle of Man or from anywhere in the United Kingdom.
I hope this is helpful.
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Secretariat (air Stafl)2a,
Room8245,
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,
Main Building ,
Whithall,
London,
SW1A2HB.
25 April, 200 1.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you to request if it would be possible for you to forward me a listing
of all reports of UFO sightings, that were reported to your Department during the year 2000?
Also could you please tell me if your department received any reports from the Isle of Man, for Sunday,
14 January, 2001, and from any other locations within the United Kingdom on that day?
If your department did receive any reports from that date in question, would it be possible for me to
receive copies of those reports?
Many thanks for your cooperation with regard to this matter.

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From:
Secretariat( Air Staff)2a, Room 8245
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Main Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
(Fax)
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Your Reference
Our Reference ~
D/Sec(AS)/64/3
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April 2000
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Thank you for your letter dated 9 March 2000. As requested, I attach copies of the
following reports with the informants' details blanked out in order to protect their confidentiality:
April 2, 1999 at Chatham, Kent
August 13, 1999 at Tenterden, Kent
September 12, 1999 at Sellindge, Kent
November 15, 1999 at Beckenham, Kent
With regard to your question about police procedures when dealing with alleged "UFO"
sightings, I cannot comment on specific procedures at individual police stations, but it is normally
the case that the police will pass the report to a local RAF Station (where there is one locally) or to
the Aeronautical Information Service (Military) at RAF West Drayton. These organisations in tum
pass the details to ourselves. As I said in my previous letter, we have had no reports of any
unusual aerial activity in the Kent or Essex areas for Sunday August 1, 1999 and are satisfied that
there is no corroborating evidence to suggest that the United Kingdom's airspace was breached by
unauthorised military aircraft.
With regard to your offer to provide us with video footage of all~ings, as
you will be aware from previous correspondence with my predecessor the UK
Ministry of Defence has only a very limited interest in these matters. Therefore, I am afraid it has
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no use for the sort of information you are keen to provide.
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Tentcrdcn,
Kent
Stated as she was watching the sun set from her balcony at the
rear of her block oftlats she saw what she described as a large,
brilliant light in the sky which was stationery. She stated it was
not an aircraft and it was much bigger that a normal star. She
watched it for a while then saw it move off fairly quickly and
disappear•.
She stated that she also saw the same sort of light at around the
same time last year but did not inform anyone about it.
I trust this is all the infonnation you require. The infonnant can
be contacted on the above number.
Many thanks.
TOTFL P.02

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11.
Other witnesses.
12.
Remarks.
13.
Date and time of receipt.
Message received 15/11/99 at 15: 16
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Secretariat (air Staft)2a,
Room8245,
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,
Main Building ,
Whithall,
London,
SW1A2HB.
9 March, 2000.
Thankyou for your reply of 7 March, in response to my letter to you dated 22 February.
I am now writing to ask if it would be possible for you to please forward to me copies of the following
reports that are on the list that you sent me?
They are as follows: April 2nd, 1999 at Chatham, Kent.
August 13, 1999 at Tenterden, Kent.
September 12, 1999 at Sellindge, Kent
November 15,1999 at Beckenham, Kent.
allways send me copies of reports with the witnesses details deleted, and in
would pass on details of sightings that we here at UFOMEK had investigated, that your
Department were unaware of, for your files.
With regard to my question in my previous letter concerning Sunday, August 1, 1999. As i told you the
incident was reported by two independent witnesses to both Dover Police, and Canterbury police.
Can you please tell me whether or not the police are duty bound to pass on details regarding sightings, to
the Royal Air Force, or your Department, especially if they are of the nature of this particular sighting
which involved the observation of many objects?
Also would your Department be interested in a copy of the video footage taken by one of the many
witnesses of the objects sighted over Kent on Sunday, August 1, 1999? I also have in my possesion a copy
·Of CCTV footage of an incident that occurred back on 18 July, 1998 involving the sighting of one of the
so-called Flying Triangle shaped objects, which was observed in North Kent. Again would your
Department be interested in a copy of the footage? If so, I would gladly forward you copies, which maybe
someone in the MOD might try some analysis on. I would be most interested in hearing any constructive
comments with regard to the footage.

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From:
Secretariat(Air Staff)2a, Room 8245
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Main Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB
Telephone
(Direct dial)
(Switchboard)
0171 218 2140
(Fax)
Your Reference
Our R~ference t("
D/Sect AS)/64/3
Date
1-
March 2000
Thank you for your letter dated 22 February. I attach, as requested, a list of all sightings
reports of 'unidentified flying objects' reported to the Ministry of Defence during 1999, plus, for
your information, a map of their geographical spread throughout the United Kingdom.
As you will see from the attached list, we received no reports of 'UFO' sightings for 1
August 1999 from anywhere in the Kent or Essex areas, only one from Rochdale, Lancashire.

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Secretariat (air Stafl)2a,
Room8245,
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE,
Main Building ,
Whithall,
London,
SW1A2HB.
22 February, 2000.
Dear
I am writing to you to request if it would be possible for you to forward me a listing
of all reports of UFO sightings, that were reported to your Department during the year 1999?
Also could you please tell me if you received any reports from the Kent or Essex areas for the night of
Sunday, August 1, 1999? There was an incident that occurred on this date ~tt 22:40 hours in the
Dover/Aylesham/Canterbury area, of which was reported to Kent County Constabulary at Dover and
Canterbury, but when I spoke to them at the time they emphatically denied it, despite the witnesses
insitence that they had reported the incidentto them at the time of the sighting. And one family who
witnessed the event, strongly claim that they not only reported the incident to the police at Dover, but also
to the Ministry of Defence. When I spoke to someone at the MOD, they also denied knowing anything
about this particular sighting. The sighting was witnessed by well over 100 witnesses, and was even video
taped by a witness in Aylesham, near Dover in Kent. The sighting consisted of well over 100-200
objects, and at one stage during the incident two civil passenger planes flew directly underneath the
objects.
We know from our enquiries with the Civil Aviation Authority that the lowest flight path height for
outbound ci"Vil air traffic is 7000 feet. So what ever these objects were they were well above that height
heading in a Northerly direction.
Many thanks for your cooperation with regard to this ll}atter.
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.t.UUU

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Secretariat (<"i..ir Staff) 2a,
Room6245
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
M ain Building,
Whitehall,
London,
SW!A2HB.
26 M ay, 1999
Dear ~~~~
. . .
Back m Apni, 1 sent .you a letter dated the
with regard to correspondence that you had sent my colleague
April.
In my letter to you 1 asked whether you could forward me further details on certain sightings
that appeared on a list that you had sen
The reports that 1 was particularly
interested in were the following:09/03/98
22/07/98
10/09/98
12/10/98
06/11/98
04/01/99
Maidstone, Kent.
Hythc, Kent.
Erith, Kent.
Gravesend, Kent.
Deal, Kent.
Fo!kestone, Kent.
l asked if it would be possible for you to send me copies of those reports, such as the description
Of what was seen , and the time of the observations?
If you could help me with this request I would be most grateful.
Also in your letter to- -you acknowledge that DISS recicves copies of reports
r garding Unidentitieifleiliil~nena, among other departments. Is it fair to say that two of
the other dcpa.i:ments that receive such reports arc Dl61, and DSTI? Can you confirm or deny
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this as being the case.
1 thank you for your time and attention regarding this matter, and await your reply with
interest.